Heart Songs 200807

Summary. This month’s Heart Songs selection is Before There Was Time by Caedmon’s Call from the album In the Company of Angels – A Call to Worship. The album has an emphasis on acoustic instrumentals and uplifting, rich, harmonious, clean, crisp vocals. The music is a fusion of folk, country, and rock. The quality and clarity ofthe digital recording is superb. Lyrically, some of their songs emphasize Jesus and the salvation message of modern evangelical Christianity. However, some of their music is simply about life, relationships, and God’s love.

About Caedmon’s Call. From the about page on their website: “Caedmon’s Call has sold over a million units of its 14 records to date but has always been more of a community itself than a band. This group is known for it’s multi-talented members; Cliff and Danielle Young (two of Christian music’s best-loved voices), Derek Webb and Andy Osenga (both respected singer-songwriters), Todd Bragg, Garett Buell, Jeff Miller and Josh Moore (all top-notch musicians). The ever-evolving collective helped bring a renaissance of acoustic music in the Christian pop scene and earned the band a large and loyal fan following, known as The Guild. Caedmon’s also helped launch or boosted the careers of artists like Bebo Norman, Jill Phillips, Waterdeep, and Andrew Peterson. The band is also a longtime promoter of missional living, through their longtime partnership with Compassion International, and more recently with the Dalit Freedom Network, an organization fighting caste discrimination in India, and the band’s own Share The Well Foundation. The idea of the foundation is central to the band’s message, “to change the perspective, change the church culture, and what it means to be a believer,” says Young, from sitting in the safety of a pew to impacting a hurting world.”

Lyrics. The lyrics to the song Before There Was Time are sprinkled with scriptural references, so links to relevant scriptures are provided. The lyrics are as follows: